Distance

Inside the Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Interior view of toad pond showing spray and growth of water hyacinth', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

The Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Exterior view of pond and cage constructed for the reception of a colony of the Giant Toad Bufo marinus introduced from Hawaii', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

Meringa farm, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, c1935. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954. Mulgrave Shire, North Queensland, Australia, Cairns, McDonald & Son, 1954

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954. Mulgrave Shire, North Queensland, Australia, Cairns, McDonald & Son, 1954

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981

QLD

Australia

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1 January 1981

28 March 2011

Location

QLD

Australia

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28 March 2011

M.D. Sabath, et al

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981. This was one of the first maps to show the pathway of the cane toad across Queensland. The map accompanied the scientific paper investigating the rate and direction of population spread of B. marinus in Queensland. The 1939 inset lists the sites in Queensland where toads were released: A = Mossman, B = Gordonvale, C = Babinda, D = Bamaroo, E = Giru and Ayr, F = Mackay, G = Bundaberg, H = Isis. Notably, the information to create this map came from Queensland Museum surveys in 1974 that asked Queenslanders when they had first seen the toad in their district. From M.D. Sabath, et al, ‘Expansion of the range of the introduced toad Bufo Marinus in Australia from 1935 to 1974’, Copeia, 3, 1981

Introducing the cane toad

The cane toad (Bufo marinus) was introduced to Australia as a solution to cane beetle pest affecting North Queensland sugar cane crops.

Principal roads in Queensland, 1979

1 January 1979

6 December 2010

Queensland Main Roads Department

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Principal roads in Queensland, showing travelling times, distance and road surface, Department of Main Roads, 1979. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Pathways: how things move through the landscape and where they are made

Let the four wheel drive skid to a stop and from the height of the sandhill take in the river moving south. This water trailing through the desert creates a pathway to renewal.

Queensland, 1906

Australia

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1 January 1906

24 November 2010

Location

Australia

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24 November 2010

Edinburgh & London

W. & A.K. Johnston Limited

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queensland, 1906. Atlas Plate 141. Published by W. & A.K. Johnston Limited, Edinburgh & London. Showing railways and submarine telegraph line. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland